Research Article

The Influence of Psychiatric Comorbidity on Inpatient Outcomes following Distal Humerus Fractures

Table 1

Patient characteristics for patients with distal humerus fractures with bivariate analysis comparing those with a concomitant diagnosis of depression, anxiety, dementia, and schizophrenia to those not affected by any psychiatric diagnosis (SEM, standard error of mean).

ParameterTotal, percentage (%)Psychiatric comorbidity
None, %Depression, %Anxiety, %Schizophrenia, %Dementia, %

526,185514,4326,7002,1911,0671,874
% of total cohort 100.0%97.8%1.3%0.4%0.2%0.4%
Gender
 Male49.8%50.2%32.5%<0.00113.6%<0.00173.1%<0.00119.8%<0.001
 Female50.2%49.8%67.5%86.4%26.9%80.2%
Age
 <835.2%36.0%0.0%<0.0011.7%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 8–2522.2%22.5%7.9%16.0%21.8%0.0%
 26–5014.6%14.4%14.9%36.5%74.0%0.0%
 >5028.0%27.1%77.2%45.8%4.2%100.0%
Primary diagnosis
 812.4 (fracture of lower end of humerus closed)19.0%18.6%29.7%<0.00114.9%<0.00119.3%0.57775.9%<0.001
 812.41 (closed supracondylar fracture of humerus)48.2%48.7%24.9%<0.00134.6%<0.00156.2%<0.00114.2%<0.001
 812.42 (closed fracture of lateral condyle of humerus)9.5%9.7%1.6%<0.0014.4%<0.0015.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 812.43 (closed fracture of medial condyle of humerus)5.3%5.1%16.9%<0.00131.8%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 812.44 (closed fracture of unspecified condyle(s) of humerus)4.7%4.8%4.0%0.0020.0%<0.0016.1%0.0417.5%<0.001
 812.49 (other closed fractures of lower end of humerus)4.0%3.9%16.0%<0.0017.8%<0.0015.4%0.0072.4%0.001
 812.5 (fracture of lower end of humerus open)3.1%3.2%2.8%0.1090.0%<0.0018.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 812.51 (open supracondylar fracture of humerus)3.9%4.0%0.0%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 812.52 (open fracture of lateral condyle of humerus)0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9020.0%<0.0010.0%0.0020.0%<0.001
 812.53 (open fracture of medial condyle of humerus)1.2%1.2%4.1%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
 812.54 (open fracture of unspecified condyle(s) of humerus)0.6%0.6%0.0%<0.0014.0%<0.0010.0%0.0090.0%<0.001
 812.59 (other open fractures of lower end of humerus)1.2%1.2%1.0%0.1984.6%<0.0010.0%<0.0010.0%<0.001
Comorbidities
 No84.9%85.5%47.5%<0.00165.5%<0.00196.4%<0.00150.9%<0.001
 Yes15.1%14.5%52.5%34.5%3.6%49.1%
Adverse events
 No93.8%94.1%76.7%<0.00192.8%0.013100.0%<0.00175.2%<0.001
 Yes6.2%6.0%23.3%7.2%0.0%24.8%
Discharge disposition
 Routine/home (1)85.0%85.7%50.8%<0.00197.8%<0.00137.2%<0.00125.2%<0.001
 Left AMA (2)0.3%0.2%1.8%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Short-term fac (3)2.8%2.6%19.6%0.0%4.0%0.0%
 Long-term fac (4)7.3%6.9%19.4%0.0%40.6%69.3%
 Alive, not stated (5)3.2%3.1%5.6%2.2%18.2%3.0%
 Dead (6)0.2%0.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%
 Not reported (9)1.3%1.3%3.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%

Mortality0.2%0.2%0.0%<0.0010.0%0.0360.0%0.1440.0%0.053
Age (years), mean (SE)30.3 (1.37)29.54 (1.33)65.16 (2.94)<0.00152.42 (2.36)<0.00138.04 (1.72)<0.00184.7 (3.82)<0.001

Days of care, mean (SE)3.98 (0.18)3.96 (0.18)4.11 (0.19)0.9242.49 (0.11)0.59516.12 (0.73)<0.0013.8 (0.17)0.957